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John Adams: Doctor Atomic(2007)
Status: Released
Date: 2007-06-01
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Time: 3h 51m
Overview:
The European premiere of the opera by the contemporary American composer John Adams, with libretto by Peter Sellars, in a co-production of the San Francisco Opera (where the work premiered), the Lyric Opera of Chicago, and De Nederlandse Opera. The plot focuses on the great stress and anxiety experienced by those at Los Alamos while the test of the first atomic bomb (the "Trinity" test) was being prepared.
Languages: English.
Countries:
Netherlands
ProductionCompanies:
De Nederlandse Opera
Movie: John Adams: Doctor Atomic
Top 8 Billed Cast
Gerald Finley
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Jessica Rivera
Kitty Oppenheimer
Eric Owens
Gen. Leslie Groves
Richard Paul Fink
Edward Teller
James Maddalena
Jack Hubbard
Thomas Glenn
Robert Wilson
Jay Hunter Morris
Capt. James Nolan
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